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People who are vegan often take care to watch their language to avoid speciesist or condescending connotations associated with words we were raised saying. For example: “animal companion” has replaced “pet” in some circle to equalize the relationship between non-humans and their care takers. “Meat” might become “flesh” to shed the anonymity of the animal for which it came. Etc etc. While many may roll their eyes and scoff something about political correctness ruining these United States words do have meaning which is why we use them and I think coming to a common understanding will help us communicate our true intentions. I’ll be the first to bend, slice, dice and mix and match words but there are a few instances that kinda peeve me out and help illustrate what vegan really means. Continue reading →

Cheese pizza is the bane of vegans everywhere. Not only is it a delicious comfort food that alot of us have grown up with but the social aspect can leave us ostracized from the group. Now before I digress into a sociological analysis of the tomato on bread ritual lemme just say pizza is good and we miss it! Continue reading →

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A few things have changed around here. I thought it would just be best to get it all out in one big ranty post for you to read at your discretion. Please feel free to add to the thread if you have further questions or comments.

Why we are now called “Vegan Chicago”Last year we merged with the EarthSaveChicago’s project VegChicago. Our intention was to make a bigger impact by tying in with an official non-profit. We worked hard on a website that could be a vegan guide to Chicago while using the already established meetup group for monthly events to bond the community. Well, over that past year I’ve sorta shifted my philosophy on a few things and have a new approach. Because of this I decided to revert our meetup group back to its original format but switch the name around to “Vegan Chicago”. (before the VegChicago merge we were “Chicago Vegan Meetup”) Continue reading →